Tokyo: Masanori Omae, 2002. First edition. Hardcover. 4to. Monograph of graphic designer and award winning design recipient Geoff McFetridge. One corner bump, else a fine copy in illustrated boards. Issued without dustwrapper. This copy benefits from an Original Drawing by the artist and with his signature underneath. Quite rare to..... More
Bologna: Zanichelli, 1978. Early Printing. Paperback. Small quarto. 101 pp. Text in Italian. Published as Number 2 in this publisher's series of books on design and symbols. A very good copy in bound illustrated wrappers. More
Bologna: Zanichelli, 1977. First edition. Paperback. Small quarto. 77 pp. Text in Italian. Published as Number 3 in this publisher's series of books on graphic design and symbols. A very good copy in bound illustrated wrappers. More
No Place (Mexico): Disenado por Fernando Medina (Nora Alarcon y Fernando Medina, 1984. First edition. Paperback. Oblong quarto. Unpaginated. Illustrated in black and white. Text in espanol. Introduccion by Eduardo Ricarde Medina. Prolgo por Miguel Aleman Velasco. A very good clean copy in unprinted plastic comb bound wrappers. Scarce book..... More
Cleveland: Visible Language, 1985. First edition. Paperback. Spring 1985 issue of this magazine devoted to graphic design and computer graphics. (pages 172 to 306). very good condition in bound printed wrappers. Contributions by Dorothy Shamonsky, Morissa Miller Rubin and others. More
Helsinki: Erkki Ruuhinen. First Edition. Hardcover. First edition. A monograph on this graphic designer with text in Finnish and English. A near fine copy in oversized boards. No dustwrapper, as issued. This copy has a SIGNED "With the Compliments of the Artist" slip laid in. Signed by Author. More
New York: Princeton Architectural Press, 2001. First edition. Hardcover. First edition. Foreword by Paul Rand. A 271 pp illustrated monograph with text by Pat Schleger. Remainder mark to lower edge else a near fine hardbound copy in near fine dustwrapper. More
Boston: MIT Press, 1985. Later printing. Paperback. Stated fourth printing. Includes a 32 pp illustrated booklet in clear plastic pocket along with three laminated plastic illustrated "wheels" or tools used for design purposes. Thick plastic folder is lightly worn. Contents all in fine condition. Classic work in the field of..... More
New York: Harcourt Brace, 1974. First Edition. Hardcover. First edition. Oversized clothbound book in dustwrapper. A 232 pp illustrated memoir of the "dean of decorators". Near fine condition in very good unclipped dustwrapper. More
New York: Viking Press, 1982. First edition. Cloth. Tall, clothbound quarto in dustwrapper. 319 pp monograph with text by Erica brown and a preface by Walter Hoving. illustrated mostly in black and white. A near fine copy in dustwrapper. A large and heavy book. More
New York: Abbeville Press, 1994. Second printing. Hardcover. Wide hardbound quarto in dustwrapper. 256 pp. With special photography by Fritz von der Schulenberg. Includes 150 full-color photographs. Interior design influences from the Napoleanic Era of neo-classicism that spread through Europe in the 18th century and beyond. SIGNED by the author..... More
Fairport, NY: Donald P. Naetzker, 1986. First edition. Paperback. Tall trade paperbound volume. 113 pp. Illustrated in black and white. Ingenuity applied to old antiques and other objects. A lovely near fine copy. More
New York: Bantam Books, 1991. First edition. Cloth. Wide clothbound quarto in dustwrapper.150 pp. A sumptuous and extravagent book with color photographs of the beds of the rich and powerful. A fine copy in dustwrapper. INSCRIBED by Ms. Von Furstenberg on the half-title page. A large and heavy volume... More
London: Scorpion Publishing, 1994. First edition. Hardcover. Tall hardbound quarto in dustwrapper. 303 pp. Illustrated with numerous color plates. A seminal study of Iranian textiles. Clean very good or better hardboune book in dustwrapper. A large and heavy volume. More
Milano: il Risorgimento, 1933. First edition. Paperback. Tall softbound quarto. Annual of graphic and printing arts. Text in Italian. A very good copy in bound illustrated wrappers. More
Italy: Associazione Nazionale Italiana, 1989. First edition. Hardcover. Fabulous book displaying dozens of examples of fine press printing from Italy. Examples using blind embossing, offset lithography, web-offset, screen printing, sheet-fed gravure, flexography, and die-cutting. Printed on various color paper. Fine condition. Laminated boards with linen spine and metal corner tips..... More
Japan: Unknown, No Date. First edition. Paperback. Small quarto in cardboard sleeve. Text in English and Japanese. Includes seven colour photographs and 183 black and white illustrations. A fine copy in thick bound wrappers in near fine cardboard slipcase. The focus of the book is a Japanese temple. n.d.... More
Japan: Magazine House Mook, 2008. First edition. Paperback. Paperbound folio. Glossy Japanese magazine featuring articles on everything from food, to fashion to travel to entertainment subjects. Editor-in-Chief is Takefumi Ishiwatari. Photographs by Kishin Shinoyama. Fine condition in tall illustrated bound wrappers. Text primarily in Japanese with some English... More
Japan: Japan Wool Show Commitee, No Date. First edition. Paperback. Quarto. Thick sewn wrappers. Intoduction in English by Shukichi Kimura. Unpaginated volume of wool samples from Japan. Some light cover wear, but overall a well-preserved very good copy. Quite scarce with only two examples noted in O.C.L.C.... More
Vercelli: White Star S. p. a., 2006. First American edition. Hardcover. Hardbound quarto in dustwrapper. 256 pp. First American edition distributed by Rizzoli. A monograph on custom folding knives. Text by Dr. David Darom, Ron Appleton, Steve Lindsay and others. With gorgeous color photographs of dozens of knife specimens by..... More
Paris: Les Arts Decoratifs, 2007. First edition. Hardcover. 4to. 238 pp. Beautiful fine monograph on this avant-garde dress designer. Text in French. More
Middletown: Cedar Hill Cemetary Foundation, 2007. First edition. Cloth. Clothbound quarto in dustwrapper. A marvelous monograph on Weidenmann with text by Rudy J. Favretti. 191 pp. Illustrated in both color and black and white. A lovely near fine copy. More
Milan: Antonio Vallardi Editore, 1962. First edition. Hardcover. First Italian edition. Quarto. 141 pp. Text in Italian. Profusely illustrated. Very good in unclipped dustwrapper. More
New York: Weatherhill, 1975. First edition. Cloth. Clothbound quarto in dustwrapper. Stated first edition. 259 pp. Illustrated in color. A candid appraisal of the state of netsuke collecting and the market. A handsome copy in decorated brown cloth binding in near fine unclipped dustwrapper. Quite handsome... More
Northford, CT: Sol's Path, 1931. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. Cloth spine over boards. 52 pp. With numerous black and white photographs of the interior and exterior of a New England house that has sheltered eight generations. Faint sunning to board edges. A handsome very good copy. Minor corner wear... More
